My new ATV

[CAMPMEAT]

Very nice...   

I have a dual sport to ride behind locked gates too.  Don't you love the looks of hunters when you drive by them 10 miles in from the gate?  I think my motorcycle tears up the ground better then your quad.   

Its does for sure. I've seen the damage motorcycles have done in the Wenatchee N.F. I can't believe an ATV is illegal to ride there.

Totally agree.  Why wouldn't the NF or the State allow them on the roads?

Mainly because the Forest Circus Ranger that runs a particular N.F. will or won't let you ride on OUR lands. Which is total crap........

As for the state, you can ride them now, after you get them inspected from a dealer, get the receipt and paper work and take it to the DOL and get temp plates until the metal ones come out. You can only ride them on certain roads in Washington legally, after you get your plate. You'll have to find out which ones are legal.

[Curly]

Sweet ride!  Congrats! 

(I would have guessed more than 45 h.p. though)

[JLS]

Mainly because the Forest Circus Ranger that runs a particular N.F. will or won't let you ride on OUR lands. Which is total crap........

Even though I'm a Backcountry Hunter supporter, and therefore an anti-hunter, I completely agree that ORVs should be legal on all Forest Service roads.

[CAMPMEAT]

Sweet ride!  Congrats! 

(I would have guessed more than 45 h.p. though)

Me too with the throttle response. Fuel injection helps.

[Mudman]

45hp is pretty strong really!  Heck thats just as much as a new Grizzly 700.  I bet the old 660 was pushing 36hp.  My old Vinson 500 would spank 660 grizzlies and it was only 35+hp.  These new machines with 70-90hp are just more than you need.  If you have done 80mph on these machines you would know its too darn fast!  Spooky. Leave the speed to the sport quads.

[CAMPMEAT]

45hp is pretty strong really!  Heck thats just as much as a new Grizzly 700.  I bet the old 660 was pushing 36hp.  My old Vinson 500 would spank 660 grizzlies and it was only 35+hp.  These new machines with 70-90hp are just more than you need.  If you have done 80mph on these machines you would know its too darn fast!  Spooky. Leave the speed to the sport quads.

I think the Can am 1000 has 81 hp and the 800 has 74 hp if I remember right. My 800 SxS had 74 and it was way more than a normal guy would need.
My 660 had 40 hp that was a total slug.

[KFhunter]

Very nice...   

I have a dual sport to ride behind locked gates too.  Don't you love the looks of hunters when you drive by them 10 miles in from the gate?  I think my motorcycle tears up the ground better then your quad.   

Its does for sure. I've seen the damage motorcycles have done in the Wenatchee N.F. I can't believe an ATV is illegal to ride there.

Totally agree.  Why wouldn't the NF or the State allow them on the roads?

I think it's because they know if there are ATVs running around on the roads, most will not stay on the roads. It's easier for them to just say no ATVs allowed anywhere in this National Forest.

Not from my experience,  can't recall really ever seeing them off a pre-existing road of some sort. It's just too brushy or rough with downfall trees.

I'll agree they are constantly on closed/gated off roads, pretty much every gate I see has an ATV trail around it but even then I don't see an environmental concern as the roadbed is still there.
 
The brush will eventually close off even these roads in a matter of a few years.

[KFhunter]

Hey Camp did you dump the big yellow beast?

How come?

[CAMPMEAT]

Hey Camp did you dump the big yellow beast?

How come?

Yes, got rid of it.

I didn't really trust the thing. You couldn't poke along because it clunked. In the summer it was way too hot to drive. I even put GT Sound mat/heat mat on the console and that helped some.


I like the ATV better for trail riding, because the trails are only made for 50 inches wide ATV's as you know.

[Machias]

Get a set of tracks and you'll be set!!

[KFhunter]

Get a set of tracks and you'll be set!!

YES


I'm going to get a new Grizz 700 EPS and track it,  one of these days 

[TheHunt]

That would be cool.

[C-Money]

Crap! That is a lot of HP! I had to look, my 420cc Honda is only 26hp.

[CAMPMEAT]

Get a set of tracks and you'll be set!!

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My wife just mentioned that to me. Did you ever get yours on and did you like them ? Got any pictures ?

[Machias]

I never did and ended up selling my Grizzly 700.  There is just no place to ride here.  I'll buy another one when I move back out west.  I have talked to several lion hunters over in Idaho and MT that love their tracks!